On Sunday 02 November 2003 03:05 pm, Maximillian Von Schwanekamp wrote: <SNIP> : That's even worse than the $5 St Vinny's wanted. What's up with the fee : for monitors? Guess I'll ask FreeGeek. Just out of curiosity, and not : asking for any commitments, would anyone be interested in participating : in something like FreeGeek for Eugene? The biggest hurdle, aside from : sufficient people-power, would be acquiring space for storage and testing.
well.. actually, ed and I were going to look into it, but never got a chance to go up to portland and meet with the free geek guys... It does sound like a pretty cool thing, and might be fun too... Maybe these postings will stir up some interest! Jamie : : M : : Bob Miller wrote: : >Maximillian Von Schwanekamp wrote: : >>Having done this "free stuff" posting before, it occured to me that it : >>might be of some use to the community to provide a sort of "Humane : >>Society" for computer equipment... But entirely free, or close to : >>that. Could make an active effort to assemble Linux-based systems, and : >>donate them to those who might need them. : > : >That would be my cue to mention MacRenewal. They're a local* nonprofit : >that takes in old Macs, refurbishes them, and gives them to schools : >and other needy groups. : > : >Here's the web page. http://www.macrenewal.org/ : > : > : >* local to Eugene, not to Jamie (-: -- The game, anoraks.2.0.0.tgz, will be available from sunsite until somebody responsible notices it and deletes it, and shortly from ftp.mee.tcd.ie/pub/Brian, though they don't know that yet. -- Brian O'Donnell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
